Comments on: Tsunami Death Toll May Top 100,000 http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/12/29/1123/tsunami-death-toll-may-top-100000/ Things either exist or they don't Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: dan http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/12/29/1123/tsunami-death-toll-may-top-100000/#comment-734 dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/?p=1123#comment-734 some people have called this the world's largest natural disaster. but here are the facts : world almanac stats date - location - deaths floods/tsunami 1887 - china - 900,000 1931 - china - 3.7 million 1939 - n. china - 200,000 earthquakes 1920 - china - 200,000 1923 - japan - 143,000 1927 - china - 200,000 1976 - china - 255,000 cyclone 1970 - bangladesh - 300,000 1991 - bangladesh - 139,000 do you remember america giving $350 million to bangladesh? private, volentary funding (like the red cross), is fantastic and the choice of the individual. but i'd bet that way more money has been pledged by governments for this disaster than the others. i wonder if the fact that several nations (many are muslim) were hit by the disaster caused it to become a political issue. some people have called this the world’s largest natural disaster. but here are the facts :

world almanac stats
date - location - deaths

floods/tsunami

1887 - china - 900,000
1931 - china - 3.7 million
1939 - n. china - 200,000

earthquakes

1920 - china - 200,000
1923 - japan - 143,000
1927 - china - 200,000
1976 - china - 255,000

cyclone

1970 - bangladesh - 300,000
1991 - bangladesh - 139,000

do you remember america giving $350 million to bangladesh?

private, volentary funding (like the red cross), is fantastic and the choice of the individual. but i’d bet that way more money has been pledged by governments for this disaster than the others. i wonder if the fact that several nations (many are muslim) were hit by the disaster caused it to become a political issue.

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